Cover-holder.



A. J. HOLDSWORTH.

COVER HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I0. 1917.

1 ,299,882., Patented Apr. 8,1919.

ARTHUR J. HoLn'swoRTH, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, AssIsNoR or ONE-HALF ToCHRISTIAN SCHNEIDER, or nETRoInivucHIGAn.

COVER-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. 'Honns- WORTH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, re siding at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigamhaveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement, in Cover-Holders, anddeclare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of thesame, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it pertainsto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyindrawings, which form a art of this speci -cation.

This invention re ates to cover holders for jars and the like, and itsobject is a simple and inexpensive device adapted for attachment to theneck of a jar and formed in a manner to receive and hold the coverwithout liability of accidental displacement and consequent breakage.The principal object of the invention is a device of the characterstated formed of spring metal or wire adapted to be secured to a jar byspringing the same about the neck of the jar and having a portion soshaped that the cover may be raised from the jar and inserted in thepart provided therefor ofa shape to securely hold the same fromdisplacement. These and other objects and the several novel features ofthe invention in its preferred form are hereinafter more fully describedand claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 isan elevation of a jar provided with a cover holder embodying my inven-'tion.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the holder.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a holder showing an alternate form ofconstruction.

Fig. 4; is a similar view of another type of construction.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the form shown in Fig. 4.

The device is preferably formed of a single piece of spring wire ormetal having a portion substantially in the form of a circle asindicated at 1 to engage about the neck of the jar and a portion asindicated at 2 to receive the cover after the manner shown in Fig. 1.The portion 2 is arcuate in form and tween the ends thereof to allow thecover to be inserted therein to a depth sufiicient to retain the coverin place after the manner illustrated in Fig. 1, and to assist in theretaining of the cover the wire in the cover Specification of LettersPatent.

sufficient force of suflicient length be holding part and near the endsthereof bent inwardly'from the re'ntrant portions 3 near opposite ends.These engageabout the depending edge 4 of the cover as will beunderstood from Fig. '1, and assist in preventing displacement of thecover particularly when lying at a slight angle to the vertical, as isshown in Fig. 1, in which position the edge 4 extends beneath thereentrant parts 3 which engage the inner surface of the cover when heldtherein. In use the cover on the opening of the jar is simply insertedin the holder portion 2 as shown in Fig. 1 and is thus in position to bereadily handled for placing over the jar and breakage occurring throughplacing the covers on shelves or counters as is usual is avoided.

Preferably the portion 1 of the device is sitioned opposite the coverholder portion.

as will be understood from Fig. 2, and that the portion 5 of thecylindrical part extends about the lower part of the circle and is connected with the upper side of the cover holder portion, and that theportion 6 extends about the upper part of the portion and connects withthe lower part of the holder portion. Thus parts of the circular portionof the holder, as at 9, overlap strengthening the device at the point ofsupport of the cover, and by reason of the shape tends to naturallyclamp the cylindrical portion about the neck of the jar with to supportthe weight of the usual covers. With jars of small size it will bereadily understood that wire of comparatively small gage may be utilizedwhich is increased as the size of the jar and weight Patented Apr. 8,1919.

Application filed May 10,1917. Serial No. 167,831."

circular of the cover is increased. With the usual 'entoT the United"States is 1. A cover holder for jars consisting of a single piece ofwire bent to form a slot likejpart, :the inner side of the slot beingiormed by -.crossing the ire and vbeing bent -on the Jinner sideof saidslot like portion to form parts extending inward toward the portionforming the outer side of the. slot, the wires beingiformed forward ofthe point of crossing ina-shape to engage the neck of -flnpies of thisupatentrmay vbe obtained for five cents each, vby addressing the a jarand having the terminal end portions shaped to provide a support for an:article.

'2. Acover holder for jars consisting of a single piece of spring Wirebent intermediate "its ends to form an arcuate slot, the inner side ofthe slot being formed with two reentrant parts to engage about :the edgeof a circular cover When inserted in the slot,

cation.

ARTHUR .J. HOLDSWQRTH.

Commissioner of Patents,

WaSh ingtonQD. 0.

